Button-fastener



B. F. BEE. Button Fastener.

No.v 229,853. Patented Julyl3, 1880.

Ina er:

N FEYEPS. PHC'TO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' BENJAMIN F. BEE, OF HARWIOH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,853, dated July 13,1880.

Application filed December 22, 1879.

To all whom t'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. BEE, of Harwich, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Button-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that thefollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others-skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference'being-had to the accompanyin gdrawings, which form a part of this specificationr V Figure l is aperspective view, illustrating the parts of my improved fastening,,-Fig. 2 is a view showing the fastener and staple in position beforebending the latter. Fig. 3 is a view showing the fastener and staple inposition with the ends of the latter bent, and Fig. 4 is a bottom planof the fastening (30111 plete. I Corresponding parts in the severalfigures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to devices for fastening or securing buttons; andit consists in cer tain improvements in the construction of the same,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the claim.

My improved button-fastener consists of two separate partsviz., astaple, A, having sharp pointed ends, so as to readily pierce the fabricto which buttons are to be secured, and a small disk or plate, B, ofmetal, provided with eyes 0 O to receive the ends of the staple, anotch, D, and an annular recess, E, to accommodate the ends of thestaple when bent or twisted to accomplish the fastening.

In operation the button is first adjusted upon the staple. Next the endsof the staple are passed through the fabric, to which the button is thusattached. The diskB is now adjusted upon the staple with its annularrecess adjoinin g the fabric. The ends of the staple are then bent downinto the notch D, and finally twisted in opposite directions and tuckedinto the recess E, thus completing a very neat and durable fastening.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim and desireto secure byLetters, Patent of the United States N As an improvement inbutton-fasteners, the combination, with a metallic sharp-pointed staple,of a:.holding-disk having a notch and an annular groove to receive theends of said staple, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. BEE.

Witnesses:

W. B. HARDING, BERNARD LOVELL.

